Dear Doctor Liberal,
Do you think Chris Coons has the guts to really go after Castle? I view Castle as the incumbent in this race and they say to beat an incumbent you need to make the race a referendum on the person. Can Coons do that?
Sparky
Dear Sparky,
No. Sorry to be the one to break this to you, but Coons does not have the Balzac required to make like a whacked out hippie bongo drummer on Castle’s head. You see Sparky, Coons is in the club. I’m not sure why he is running, but it is not to win a senate seat. As you correctly point out, to win a Senate seat, he would need to try to ruin Mike Castle’s reputation and people in the club don’t go there. Also, I’m pretty sure Yale Divinity students are not trained for that kind of combat.
“But Wait!” sez you, “Coons could ruin Castle’s reputation by simply telling the truth about Castle’s record.” And I reply, “You aren’t one of those liberals who still thinks that the truth has some magical power, are you?” The truth is irrelevant when going against a Republican incumbent in a post-Bush election. The only thing that matters in fighting spirit. It is fighting spirit that gets the base motivated. It is fighting spirit that makes vaguely interested people go for their credit card. It is fighting spirit that sways the undecideds. Markell had a little more of it than Carney and look how that turned out.
But don’t take my word for it. Listen for the formal announcement. If Coons rolls out some bland horse shit about making life better for Delaware families do yourself a favor and save your money. If he goes after Castle with a pick axe in his formal announcement I promise to revisit this topic.
Ever your faithful servant,
Dr. Liberal
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[Editor’s note – Dr. Liberal’s column was submitted last week, but not published until the day after the Super Bowl. Luckily, I made a boatload of money off of his pick.]
My record is still unblemished. But let me state categorically that the Saints will win the Super Bowl, that way there is a 50/50 chance that I may have something to correct next week.
In the meantime, you know you have a question that only the Doctor can help you with. Don’t be shy dear child. Take the red pill. Until then…
The Doctor is out!